The automatic transaxle does not have a removable
bell housing thus the need for an adapter plate.
Tom Czerniak

Raimund Feussner wrote:
>
> Mounting parts and other stuff is okay, but why use an adapter?
>
> All 4-cyl. engines have the same bolt pattern for the transmission. So why
> not use the bellhousing of a diesel vanagon. You can bolt the new 4-cyl.
> engine right onto the bellhousing, no matter if it is manual or automatic
> ...
>
> Raimund
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 11:19 PM
> Subject: Vanagon Conversion Kits for around $2500
>
> > Is there serious interest in a kit to put the 4-cylinder Golf/Jetta engine
> > into the Vanagon for around $2500.  The kit would include the mounting
> parts,
> > the flywheel, adapter plate (manual or auto), oil pan, pickup tube,
> coolant
> > hoses, and a few other things to make the conversion as stock as possible.
> > All of the parts except the adapter plates would be VW original stuff.
> > Let me know.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wilford
> > http://www.vanagain.com
> > John 3:16
> > Phone: (856)-765-1583
> > Shop:   (856)-327-0027
> > Fax:     (856)-327-2242
> >